Deed abstracts, Belmont County, Ohio

the long version

This volume contains deeds recorded between 13 Oct 1800 and 25 Feb 1811; however, the execution dates frequently fall outside that range. The information is given in the following general order: page of the deed book on which the document appears, date of execution, grantor (and wife) and residence; grantee and residence. Amount of consideration offered, land description, history of land, neighbors, if conveyed in fee simple, brief summary of payment arrangements, amount of land involved; the way the grantor(s) signed the document; names of witnesses; name of interviewer (and his office) who conducted the acknowledgment interview (and his office) who conducted the acknowledgment interview (and date of interview if date of document and its recording date are separated by a substantial period of time [a purely subjective evaluation on the compiler's part]); recording data. Some of these elements may be missing in some deeds.